Washington, D.C.
National Bonsai Museum
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Lijiang, China
A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Caliente, Nevada
The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Concord, Massachusetts
One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.
Mesa, Arizona
These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.
Carrollton, Alabama
The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.
Moundville, Alabama
A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.
Jaipur, India
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand's only running funicular railway.
Dunbar, Scotland
The small Scottish townhouse where the "Father of the National Parks" was born.
Chartres, France
The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.
Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
This volcanically volatile island town is home to an abandoned series of tunnels left by the Japanese during WWII.
Sandy Island
This phantom island appeared on maps for over a century before amateur radio enthusiasts beat Google Earth to the punch in its "undiscovery."
Talasea, Papua New Guinea
Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.
Los Angeles, California
An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.
Boa Vista, Cabo Verde
This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.
Seki-shi, Japan
This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.
Athens, Greece
A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.
Darwin, Australia
World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.
Wellington Mill, Australia
Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.